tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post8110925733022706244..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: This Day In Lotusland...For The Turnstiles.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-23208701836455115672014-01-05T10:35:32.151-08:002014-01-05T10:35:32.151-08:00Thanks Anon--
Extremely glad to have something I ...Thanks Anon--<br /><br />Extremely glad to have something I wrote trigger you to go to something from the indomitable Ms. Smith.<br /><br />I completely agree with the first paragraph cited. In fact, it describes pretty much every major 'project' undertaken from the start of the Golden Era (see, for example, BC Rail) right through to the latest from Snooklandia (the now to be highly subsidized Casino-Industrial Complex).<br /><br />Here in Lotusland, however, I do not agree with the second paragraph because, in large measure, the PR hordes are running up the score against a cream puff-filled (and sugar smacked punch-drunk) punditry.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81606729555469968852014-01-04T22:41:14.729-08:002014-01-04T22:41:14.729-08:00'I hate the cronies!'
Even when you put a...<b>'I hate the cronies!'</b><br /><br /><i>Even when you put aside the not-inconsiderable problem of cronyism (of having requests for proposal tailored so allies of key local pols will win the bid), the report discusses how in many cases, the needs of the local entity are so specific that there aren’t enough candidates to provide for real competition. And as we’ve discussed repeatedly with privatization, the agreements often have provision that vitiate whatever competition might have existed at the outset, such as automatic renewals and pricing provisions that guarantee profits.<br /><br />The good news is the public seems to be waking up to this scam.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/01/quelle-surprise-new-report-show-outsourcing-government-services-looting.html" rel="nofollow">Yves Smith</a>, Naked CapitalismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com